Aqualuna - I Can Almost See The Pub From Here!

So this day 15 and our very last day of our Atlantic crossing. What a strange, bittersweet feeling it is to be on the home run with only 140 miles to go. We have dreamed of doing this crossing for as long as we have known each other - for over 30 years - and now it is almost at an end.

What a truly extra-ordinary adventure this has been. We have experienced challenging, and sometimes terrifying times - and we have experienced sublime sailing conditions that have entirely bewitched us. I have fallen in love with this great watery wilderness that has beguiled me with its ever changing light, colours and moods. We have frolicked with dolphins, soared along with the lonely sea birds and laughed out loud at the antics of the flying fish. We have celebrated sunrises and sunsets and gloried in the intensity of the star-filled night sky and the magnificent full moon that has illuminated the watches of the night. I don’t think I have ever lived so entirely in the moment as I have this last few weeks, and I don’t think I have ever felt so alive.

I have to keep reminding myself what an incredible achievement this is for the two of us together to have sailed over 3000 miles and crossed an ocean - entirely independently and being completely reliant on each other, our own courage and initiative, and on our beautiful boat. Making landfall in Grenada is going to feel epic and I’m looking forward to reconnecting with all the wonderful friends we have made in the fleet, to sharing stories over a few rums, and to enjoying a world that is no longer constantly moving.

I feel immensely grateful to have taken part in this adventure and I am filled with excitement and anticipation to start exploring the Caribbean